Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 1; Gassenhauer-Trio (1994)

Beethoven's first set of published compositions was a group of three piano trios, the third of which (heard on this album) already showed the young composer to be a revolutionary, outside-the-box thinker. Also on the program is the much safer, more Haydn-esque Op. 11 Trio originally composed for clarinet, piano, and cello, and the rarely heard, very early single piano trio movement of WoO 39, posthumously published as Op. 154. To the benefit of listeners, the three works are performed on fortepiano by Patrick Cohen. The ... Read More

Beethoven's first set of published compositions was a group of three piano trios, the third of which (heard on this album) already showed the young composer to be a revolutionary, outside-the-box thinker. Also on the program is the much safer, more Haydn-esque Op. 11 Trio originally composed for clarinet, piano, and cello, and the rarely heard, very early single piano trio movement of WoO 39, posthumously published as Op. 154. To the benefit of listeners, the three works are performed on fortepiano by Patrick Cohen. The sound quality of this instrument is captured quite nicely, giving it more depth and substance than is often the case. Balance between the three instruments is also nicely executed, giving a sense of equal partnership between the parts. What's disturbingly lacking, though, are clear differences between the tempo selection of various movements. The first movement of the C minor Trio, for example, is marked Allegro con brio. This reading is anything but; it is extremely conservative to the... Read Less

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